Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is a top global priority, and nutrition actions are a critical part of meeting that goal. When delivered within key windows of opportunity to improve health throughout the life-course, essential nutrition a...
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okr-10986-368672022-01-25T05:10:37Z Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers Subandoro, Ali Winoto Okamura, Kyoko Mehta, Michelle Wang, Huihui Ahluwalia, Naina Finkel, Elyssa Bulungu, Andrea L.S. Dinsa, Girmaye Okara, Latifat Wilson, Shelby NUTRITION UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is a top global priority, and nutrition actions are a critical part of meeting that goal. When delivered within key windows of opportunity to improve health throughout the life-course, essential nutrition actions play an important role in reducing the burden of disease and preventing permanent physical and cognitive impairments, ultimately staving off future health care costs for both individuals and health systems. Coverage and quality of nutrition service delivery remains low, despite robust evidence of cost-effective interventions. The health system, and most especially primary health care (PHC), is essential for delivering high-impact, cost-effective, nutrition-specific interventions at scale. There are gaps in knowledge on how to deploy resources more effectively to improve the delivery of nutrition services as part of preventive and promotive health care. A shift in focus is needed from the “what” and “why” of scaling-up nutrition to the “how” of improving nutrition services coverage and quality of nutrition services delivered through the health system, and especially PHC. Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this paper introduce the thesis that health financing arrangements can be optimized to ensure that distribution and utilization of health system resources are aligned with nutrition objectives. Parts 4, 5, and 6 of the paper explore the financing challenges and options to address key financing and service delivery challenges. 2022-01-24T17:36:42Z 2022-01-24T17:36:42Z 2022-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/785061642778967814/Discussion-Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36867 English Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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NUTRITION UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING Subandoro, Ali Winoto Okamura, Kyoko Mehta, Michelle Wang, Huihui Ahluwalia, Naina Finkel, Elyssa Bulungu, Andrea L.S. Dinsa, Girmaye Okara, Latifat Wilson, Shelby Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers |
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Achieving universal health coverage
(UHC) is a top global priority, and nutrition actions are a
critical part of meeting that goal. When delivered within
key windows of opportunity to improve health throughout the
life-course, essential nutrition actions play an important
role in reducing the burden of disease and preventing
permanent physical and cognitive impairments, ultimately
staving off future health care costs for both individuals
and health systems. Coverage and quality of nutrition
service delivery remains low, despite robust evidence of
cost-effective interventions. The health system, and most
especially primary health care (PHC), is essential for
delivering high-impact, cost-effective, nutrition-specific
interventions at scale. There are gaps in knowledge on how
to deploy resources more effectively to improve the delivery
of nutrition services as part of preventive and promotive
health care. A shift in focus is needed from the “what” and
“why” of scaling-up nutrition to the “how” of improving
nutrition services coverage and quality of nutrition
services delivered through the health system, and especially
PHC. Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this paper introduce the thesis
that health financing arrangements can be optimized to
ensure that distribution and utilization of health system
resources are aligned with nutrition objectives. Parts 4, 5,
and 6 of the paper explore the financing challenges and
options to address key financing and service delivery challenges. |
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Subandoro, Ali Winoto Okamura, Kyoko Mehta, Michelle Wang, Huihui Ahluwalia, Naina Finkel, Elyssa Bulungu, Andrea L.S. Dinsa, Girmaye Okara, Latifat Wilson, Shelby |
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Subandoro, Ali Winoto Okamura, Kyoko Mehta, Michelle Wang, Huihui Ahluwalia, Naina Finkel, Elyssa Bulungu, Andrea L.S. Dinsa, Girmaye Okara, Latifat Wilson, Shelby |
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Subandoro, Ali Winoto |
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Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers |
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Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers |
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Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers |
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Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers |
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Positioning Nutrition with Universal Health Coverage : Optimizing Health Financing Levers |
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positioning nutrition with universal health coverage : optimizing health financing levers |
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